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Color Theory

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the primary colors?

a)

Blue, Green, Yellow

b)

Red, Orange, Green

c)

Red, Blue, Yellow

d)

Black, White, Grey

2.

What are the secondary colors?

a)

Red, Yellow, Blue

b)

Red, Green, Orange

c)

Violet, Red-Violet, Yellow-Green

d)

Violet, Green, Orange

3.

What are the Tertiary colors?

a)

Red-Orange, Yellow-Orange, Yellow-Green, Blue-Green, Red-Violet, Blue-Violet

b)

Chartreuse, Teal, Amber, Vermillion

c)

White, Black, Grey

d)

Golden-yellow, Red-Orange, Lime-Green

4.

How many primary colors are there?

a)

6

b)

3

c)

2

d)

5

5.

How many secondary colors are there?

a)

3

b)

2

c)

4

d)

6

6.

How many Tertiary colors are there?

a)

12

b)

5

c)

6

d)

8

7.

How do you make a secondary color?

a)

You can't make secondary colors.

b)

Combining 2 primary colors.

c)

Combining all primary colors.

d)

Combining black and white.

8.

How do you make a tertiary color?

a)

Combining a primary color and a secondary color.

b)

Combining two primary colors.

c)

Combining two secondary colors.

d)

Adding black or white to a color.

9.

Which is the most accurate color wheel?

a)
b)
c)
d)
10.

How do you make Orange?

a)

Mixing red and blue

b)

Mixing red and yellow

c)

Mixing green and blue

d)

Mixing blue and violet

11.

How do you mix a primary color?

a)

You use other colors.

b)

You can not mix a primary color.

12.

What are warm colors?

a)

Orange, Yellow, Red

b)

Blue, Green, Violet

c)

Orange, Red, Yellow, Red-Orange, Yellow-Orange, Yellow-Green

d)

Blue, Green, Violet, Blue-Green, Blue-Violet, Red-Violet

13.

What are cool colors?

a)

Red, Orange, Yellow

b)

Blue, Green, Violet

c)

Blue, Blue-Green, Green, Red-Violet, Violet, Blue-Violet

d)

Red, Red-Orange, Orange, Yellow-Orange, Yellow

14.

Why are cool colors called cool colors?

a)

Because they make us think of things that are cool.

b)

Because they are the coolest colors.

c)

Because they are cool to the touch.

15.

Why are warm colors called warm colors?

a)

Because they are warm to the touch.

b)

Because they make us think of things that are warm.

c)

Because they aren't cool colors.

16.

What are Analogous colors?

a)

Colors that are light.

b)

Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.

c)

Colors that are dark.

d)

Colors across from each other on the color wheel.

17.

What are Complementary colors?

a)

Colors that look good.

b)

Colors next to each other on the color wheel.

c)

Colors that are light.

d)

Colors across from each other on the color wheel.

18.

Which is an example of analogous colors?

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.

Which is an example of Complementary colors?

a)
b)
c)
d)
20.

What does monochromatic mean?

a)

One-Color

b)

Chrome color

c)

Shiny colors

d)

Metallic Colors

21.

How do you make Red-Orange?

a)

Mixing red and orange.

b)

Mixing yellow and orange.

c)

Mixing orange and green

22.

What happens when you mix all PURE primary colors together?

a)

You make brown.

b)

You make gray.

c)

You make black.

23.

How do you make a tone?

a)

When you mix black with a color.

b)

When you mix white with a color.

c)

When you mix grey with a color.

24.

How do you make a tint?

a)

Mix black with a color.

b)

Mix white with a color.

c)

Mix grey with a color.

25.

How do you make a shade?

a)

Mixing black with a color.

b)

Mixing grey with a color.

c)

Mixing white with a color.